02041cam a2200373 i 4500 282414394 TxAuBib 20170114120000.0 050225s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005045077 9780060088989 0060088982 (OCoLC)367873706 TxAuBib rda eng spa Restrepo, Laura. Isla de la pasión English. Isle of passion : a novel / Laura Restrepo ; translated by Dolores M. Koch. 1st ed. New York : Ecco/HarperPerennial, 2005. 298 p. ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In 1908, under orders to defend a tiny, isolated Pacific atoll from an improbable French invasion, Mexican captain Ram?n Arnaud, his young bride, Alicia, and eleven soldiers and their families set sail for the so-called Isle of Passion. In this dire, forbidding place, a viable community is created under Ram?n's guidance and inspired by Alicia's dedication. But they are soon forgotten by a motherland distracted by political upheaval and the first rumblings of World War I. Left to the mercies of nature and one anotherfalling victim one by one to disease, hunger, lust, despair, and, ultimately, violencethe castaways who remain must find strength in the courage and steadfast resourcefulness of Alicia Arnaud, upon whom their collective survival now depends. Based on true events, Laura Restrepo's Isle of Passion is a brilliantly rendered and dramatic tale of savage human natureand one woman's determination to triumph over a harrowing fate. 20170114. cat 20070108 rsb. Arnaud, Ramon. Arnaud, Alicia. Historical fiction. Spanish literature. Novels. Koch, Dolores M., 1928-2009., (Dolores Mercedes.)